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| Named Person: | Christoph Ransmayr; Christoph Ransmayr |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christoph Ransmayr; Simon Pare |
| ISBN: | 9780857426314 0857426311 |
| OCLC Number: | 1088904033 |
| Notes: | Translated from the German. |
| Description: | 1 volume ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | Far-Off Land Islas Sala y Gomez, Chile Territorial China Herzfeld Brazil The Celestial Bridge Morocco Dealth in Seville Spain Ghosts Iceland A City Extinguished Greece On the Edge of the Wilderness Austria Attempting to Fly New Zealand The Peacock India The Attack Nepal Air Raid Bolivia Wild Beach Brazil Man on Riverbank Austria The Master of Heroes Greece Way oo the Cross USA Visit from Afar Mexico A Change of Resting-Place Isla Robinson, Chile By-Catch Ireland In the Deep Dominican Caribbean Queen of the Wild Brazil The Handover Laos Farewell Austria In Space New Zealand Teeing off at the North Pole Russian Arctic Homecoming Canada Current Cambodia The Angel's Work Czech Republic In the Forest of Pillars Turkey The Beauty of Darkness Austria Falling Out of the Night India The Pianist Japan Fortune and the Pacific Ocean Chile The Rules of Paradise Pitcairn, South Pacific The Mere Shadow of a Rescue Mauritius The Undead Russia Visitor to Parliament Germany Naked Man in the Shade Greece A Shark in the Desert Yemen Blood Austria Arc of Light Australia Second Birthday Russian Arctic The Ice God Ireland The Preacher Poland A Photographer Dominican Republic Pacifico, Atlantico Costa Rica Love in Vain Sumatra, Indonesia White Sunday Austria Fisher Girl Nepal The Threat Malaysia Under Suspicion South Africa The Chinese Vase Chile Calligraphers China Pilgrims Sri Lanka Consoler of the Distressed Austria The Tenor Kola Peninsula, Russia Man without Sun Ireland Slow Motion Costa Rica The Monitor Hunter Java, Indonesia Storm Damage Austria Armageddon Hong Kong, China The Sheepdog Turkey In the Shadow of the Birdman Easter Island, Chile Hunting Scenes Paraguay The Writer Tibet Breaking the Law Bali, Indonesia Silent Night Sri Lanka Girl in a Winter Storm Austria Arrival Nepal |
| Series Title: | The German list, 51 |
| Responsibility: | Christoph Ransmayr ; translated by Simon Pare. |
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"Whatever the future may hold-and this is a book ruled by the past tense-it will emerge from the beautiful wreckage Ransmayr describes in these seventy tales: a world of ruins, haunted by failure and littered with the bodies of the dead, human and animal alike. Several of the vignettes evoke writing on a wall. We have no reason for arrogance, the author suggests, and little cause for hope. . . . Pare's translation is lithe and assured. . . . Ransmayr casts a magisterial eye over a suffering world: the atlas he compiles is one in which awe at the splendour of the planet is tempered by sorrow at what has become of it." * Times Literary Supplement * "Atlas of an Anxious Man is a record of the extraordinary things that can happen to a person if he steps out into the world with his eyes and mind open. It is an evocative and haunting book, a masterpiece of multiple genres by a writer unlike any other. Ransmayr is one of Austria's most accomplished novelists, but his work is relatively unknown outside of Europe. With this excellent translation by Pare, there is hope that Ransmayr will start to receive the attention he deserves." * Northwest Review of Books * "Atlas of an Anxious Man is far from your usual travel-account, but it's an impressive collection of scenes of the contemporary world -- the almost-asides of the often everyday, which are in fact often quite extraordinary. Recommended." * Complete Review * Read more...
